Journal: Oncotarget
Article Title: Expression of receptor activator of NFkB (RANK) drives stemness and resistance to therapy in ER+HER2- breast cancer
doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.27576
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) BLI analysis of MCF-7 and MCF-7 OE xenografts in NSG mice ( n = 5–8/group). ( B ) IHC analysis of Ki67. ( C ) Microvessel density (MVD) was quantified after VWF immunohistochemistry. ( D ) Predicted proliferation rate in TCGA cohort according to median RANK expression in each sub-group. ( E ) Ex vivo BLI of visceral organs and quantification of lung tumor burden. ( F ) BLI analysis of mice inoculated in the tail vein with MCF-7 or MCF-7 OE cells ( n = 5/group). ( G ) Flow cytometry analysis of positive GFP cells in whole blood collected at sacrifice. ( H , I ) Tumor volume (Tvol = 1/2 (length × width 2 )) measured at necropsy of T47D or T47D OE adherent cell-derived xenografts ( n = 3/group) (H) or T47D or T47D OE tumorspheres-derived xenografts ( n = 5/group) (I). FiJi was used to obtain the best contrast for western blot band visualization, and background was removed for band densitometry analysis. Data is presented as mean ± SEM. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Specific antibodies included rabbit anti-human Ki67 primary antibody (1:100, MIB-1, Dako), rabbit anti-human ERα (RTU, EP-1, Dako) and polyclonal rabbit anti-human von Willebrand Factor (VWF) primary antibody (1:200, #A0082, Dako), and EnVisionTM Detection System, rabbit/mouse (#411083, Dako).
Techniques: Immunohistochemistry, Expressing, Ex Vivo, Flow Cytometry, Derivative Assay, Western Blot